The One with Tomorrow is Only a Day Away

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Tomorrow I'm going to wake up and be my old self. I'm going to have energy. I'm going to have creativity. I won't have a single zit on my face. I won't have one hint of nausea. Because tomorrow is the first day of my second trimester. And life will be bliss. Right? I just don't want a repeat of what happened tonight......I worked a 9 hour shift today instead of my usual 4. Strike number one. I've had a headache for like a week now (oh yes, that will disappear tomorrow magically as well). Strike number two. After work I rushed home, picked up Chris, and we drove to LAX to pick up his parents visiting from Colorado. As we were driving along the curvy and winding (strike number three) 110, all of a sudden, out of nowhere (how does that happen?), I knew what was coming up. We were stuck in traffic and there was simply nowhere to go and I had nothing to capture it. I vomited all over the floor of the front seat of our car. Again and again and again. It was so embarrassing. And smelly. Welcome to LA Evans'! But tomorrow everything will change! I know it will! I will wake up a-new! Refreshed! Energized! That's what all the books say and books don't lie! So I'm going to sleep to make tomorrow come faster.

But just in case, I'm gonna to start carrying a plastic bag inside a paper bag with me everywhere I go...

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I am sorry but I had to laugh out loud when reading this! I am so sorry and I hope that tomorrow... things will magically get better! :) I couldn't brush my teeth the whole time I was pregnant without gagging! I didn't throw up unless I brushed my teeth! :) I am surprised they didnt fall out! I did brush ... don't worry... but only for like 3 seconds each time. Ha! I am sure you know this and everyone will be telling you this all the time but... it is all worth it! :) I am actually scared to ever say anything to a pregnant woman about anything baby or pregnancy related. I threatened to get some pretty vulgar shirts made up when I was pregnant... telling people what I thought of their advice and about touching me! :)

AWWW! You poor thing! I would have DIED. I hate puking...but puking in front of my in-laws! Whew...that is a double blow! I hope your tomorrow is WAYYY better and every day after that, too!! I'm so excited you're having a baby!!

Your post made me laugh. I carried the airplane sick-bags with me the whole time I was preggers. I tell everyone "I threw up an hour after I peed on the stick, while I was in labor pushing, and every time in between." No joke. They say it shows that your body is in tune with baby. Only 6 more months! :)

So, so funny, Paige - you are a trooper. It's so wonderful that you will have all this documented to go back and laugh at (yes, you'll laugh, I promise) when your little one arrives. This too, shall pass. :)

Paige, that is so sucky. I always considered what I would do while driving to work with the morning sickness. I pulled over a few times, but never with your results. I hope the 2nd trimester is totally uneventful, because you've already had it pretty rough.

so sorry :( I totally remember going through this, and i just needed someone to tell me it was going to get better, because IT WILL. I too had to carry around a barf bag and an emergency PB&J to eat if i start to feel nauseous. Have you looked into taking Zofran? I took it with both of my kids. It's safe and it REALLY makes a difference it the nausea sticks around awhile.

Secondly, reading your pregnancy stories reminded me exactly of how I felt with my first. I remember I could only eat fruit like apples, watermelon, and my favorite thing to stave off the nausea was Chinese dried prune candies because they were salty. I even tried those seasick bands, eh, maybe they helped me from throwing up, but I still felt the nausea. Hoping it gets better for you! You ARE going to be a cute pregnant mommy, promise!

welcome!

I’m from Seattle. Chris is from Denver. We met at BYU and got married in 2007 in Nauvoo, IL. Chris graduated from the USC School of Dentistry in 2013 through an Army scholarship and then we were stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany for 4 years! We visited 43 countries while living in Europe and miss it every day! We now live in Littleton, CO where Chris works at his dream job as a dentist at Old Town Dental. I’m a stay-at-home-working-mom to our son Fox and daughter Jane. Scrapbooking is my passion and I have my own signature collections with Pink Paislee calledFANCY FREE, TAKE ME AWAY, OH MY HEART, TURN THE PAGE, PICK-ME-UP, WHIMSICAL, HORIZON, & TRULY GRATEFUL. I’m a teacher at Big Picture Classes, on the Scrapbook & Cards Today design team, I make and release 10 new Silhouette cut files every week, and I have an Etsy shop on the side. I love teaching in-person scrapbooking and bookbinding workshops whenever and wherever I can! Thanks for stopping by!